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Your 2008 Olympic Team

I'm tired of all the fake trade talk that isn't really going to happen so i thought this thread would be kinda fun. It's pretty simple just post your 12 man Olympic Roster. Only rules are you can't use Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett (chose not participant), Amare Stoudamire, and Tyson Chandler (injuries). I know its kind of subjective but we could vote at the end to see who comes up with the best roster.

I think the 2008 roster is far better then 2004 and should win the gold but may main problem is a lack of toughness, size, and shooting. With the way the international refs call things Dwight Howard could easily get into foul trouble early and then we have no real depth behind him.

Point Guards - The most obvious position

Chris Paul & Deron Williams

Shooting Guards -

Kobe Bryant, Michael Redd, Joe Johnson

Small Forwards -

Lebron James, Tayshuan Prince, & Ron Artest

Power Forwards -

Chris Bosh & David West

Center

Dwight Howard & Marcus Camby

Subtractions

Kidd- With Paul, Williams, and the ability of Kobe, Lebron, Johnson and even Prince to handle the ball having three point guards is necessary. Not to mention despite his greatness Kidd has lost a step.

Dwayne Wade - We have slashes and need more shooting.

Carmello - Never been a fan

Boozer - Good player just would rather have David West at the 4.

Additions

Joe Johnson - Much better shooter then Wade. And in these tournaments you need shooting

Artest - Every team needs toughness and Artest would bring it. You could have Kobe, Artest, and Prince on the floor at the same time and teams would struggle to score points.

David West - Great pick and role player, puts up the same rebouding numbers as Boozer but is a better jumper shooter. Also can't under estimate the bond he has with Paul. Can't hurt to have two players who know each other well on the team.

Camby - You got to have two centers. Camby rebounds and blocks shots.

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As I've stated before, the weakness of the previous USA teams, including those that competed at the World Championships, was their lack of pure shooters. Sure the team didn't really mesh as well as how they are supposedly now after seriously training, but to be really dominant at the sport, it really shouldn't matter much that they didn't all have a serious Olympic program, which they have now implemented since Team USA's lackluster performances. Of course we can't also ignore the fact that those recent USA teams were without the real superstars, who decided not to participate, to really put up a "dream team." But now that that's put aside, the big difference I see with the recent Team USA's was the overabundance of slashers. Especially in international play, you really need more jump shooters.

I agree with GetRealistic on Melo and Wade. Either one of them should go. Joe Johnson is a great idea. Maybe add Ray Allen too. Too bad Tim Duncan can't be included.

Start fresh under new management! We don't need any more unproven veterans! Go for youth!